Oak tree leaves all brown

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There is a huge old oak tree on my property in East Texas. I noticed a branch's leaves were brown a month ago, but I was down there last week and the whole tree's leaves are brown. I checked several small branches and they were flexible. It is alone and only gets rain water. Is this a shedding due to drought?? Thanks for any help.

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Here is what it looked like 4 months ago.
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[Limbrat]

Not good. Not sure of the identity of the tree but it looks like a red oak. We were in drought conditions here a couple of years ago and had many oaks in similar distress that I was watching and none recovered.

 

[NCTREE]

Looks like a case of oak wilt to me, if so the tree is a goner. Sorry for your loss she was a beautiful tree. I hear oak wilt is a big problem in Texas.

 

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I was afraid of that. Thank you all.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Can ya get some shots of the leaves up close? Esp the ones that may have some green still in them.

 

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Can ya get some shots of the leaves up close? Esp the ones that may have some green still in them.

I'll take some when I go down there again and post them. Thanks.

 

[Flintknapper]

Very sad.

That Oak definitely looks gone.

If you will post a picture of a representative leaf....we can tell you what kind it was.

Looks more like a big Post Oak to me than a Red Oak, (just judging by the trunk and shape of the crown).

In any case, its a shame to lose it. I've seen several like that recently in my part of Deep East Texas.


Flint.

 

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I hope to have a couple of leaf pics in the next 3 or 4 days. Thank you everyone.